The thymus plays a role in oral tolerance in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1500-1509

  Song, Fei ^a,b   Guan, Zhen ^a   Gienapp, Ingrid E ^a   Shawler, Todd ^a   Benson, Jacqueline ^a   Whitacre, Caroline C ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCOCORTICOID; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 33746210319     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1500     Document Type: Article

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